Lots of ppl hate sex workers, which sometimes tempts me to underplay the negative aspects of my job - stuff they'd use to reinforce their position. But me being dishonest about my reality also reinforces them. I have much more hope in persistent, nuanced honesty.
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And the best way to change someone's mind or allow your mind to be changed by them is to demonstrate that you're not enemies and you won't hurt them, that you will refuse to use dishonesty or manipulation to advance your own position, that you want the truth to destroy one of you
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And similarly, I want to be unafraid to being up negative aspects of other perspectives I don't belong to, without this meaning I'm at war. A lot of painful truths are used as attack points; I want to name those truths without using them as attack points.
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I gotta say, after hearing you on the Blocked and Reported podcast, my eyes were opened about the fact that sex work could actually be an enjoyable job. I was already past the point of being overtly judgy, but I really didn't understand that some people might actually like it.
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I think starting conversation or debate with what the two (or more) people agree on is extremely helpful.
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Lots of people like sex workers. Lots of people think sex workers are just people. Lots of people disagree with lots of people on just about everything. You can't fix stupid. Continuing to be honest is a good strategy. Don't get down when you can't reason with everyone
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Could ask them what their thoughts are on legalizing sex work and regulating it like other industries to address its issues.
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These are powerful, important ways to think about, *as well as to think about thinking*, and to live. If we had more people approaching the situation like this then we could all grow, together, & move to a better place, intellectually, socially, psychologically, consequentially.
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What do you represent?
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